06/25/2010

European Nursing Congress 2010: Older persons the future of care

In the coming decades, nurses face enormous challenges. A growing population of older people will rely on care. Our current healthcare system is ill prepared for this. Also, nurses and carers will have to adapt to this development. Indeed, the specific healthcare demands of the elderly are a challenge especially for this profession

That is why our congress is titled Older persons: the future of care. Nurses from all over Europe, but also from countries like Canada, Australia, Japan, USA, and from all fields of healthcare, share best practices and research findings.
Some of the key themes are: *Care for older persons in 2025, *Social participation of older persons, *Patient health and safety, *Dementia care, *Manpower issues and the labor market, *Use of technology, *Attitudes towards ageing, *Palliative care, *Informal care, *Ethics, *Management and Leadership, *Education and training of nurses.

Also part of the congress are the 14th Research Congress of the Workgroup European Nurse Researchers, and the Flemish Dutch Nursing Science Congress. Participants can visit over 400 presentations.

Keynote speakers:
Prof dr. Ingall Rahm Hallberg (Sweden) Future of healthcare
Prof dr. Jan Hamers (The Netherlands) Nurses make a difference
Prof dr. Koen Milisen (Belgium) Fall prevention
Drs. Theo van Uum (The Netherlands) Future of the labour market
Prof dr. Brendan Mc Cormack (Northern Ireland) Nursing education and elderly care
Carol Raphael MPA, (USA) Healthcare at home and autonomy
Prof dr Elisabeth Capezutti (USA) Healthcare for the elderly in hospitals
Prof dr Eric Scherder (The Netherlands) Mobility and dementia
Prof dr. Rudi Westendorp (The Netherlands) Longevity
Dr Mireille Kingma (Switserland) Migration of nurses
Prof dr. Anthea Tinker (United Kingdom) Technology and healthcare
Dr. Greta Cummings, (Canada) Nursing Leadership

Location, date and duration
De Doelen, Rotterdam, from 4 to 7 Oktober 2010